Propleopus
| Propleopus Temporal range: Pliocene - Pleistocene | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Hypsiprymnodontidae |
| Genus: | †Propleopus Longman, 1924 |
| Type species | |
| Triclas oscillans De Vis, 1888 | |
Propleopus is an extinct genus of marsupials. Three species are known: P. chillagoensis from the Plio-Pleistocene, and P. oscillans and P. wellingtonensis from the Pleistocene. In contrast to most other kangaroos, and similar to their small extant relative, the musky rat-kangaroo, they were probably omnivorous.
The species assigned to this genus are:
- Propleopus chillagoensis Archer et al., 1978
- Propleopus oscillans (De Vis, 1888) (type species)
- Propleopus wellingtonensis (Archer & Flannery, 1985)